tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post4562538465380581907..comments2018-03-19T16:09:20.039-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: George Washington on “veterans of earlier wars”? J. L. Bellnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-53965510005925094692015-03-18T19:19:08.938-05:002015-03-18T19:19:08.938-05:00In 1775 how many earlier wars were there? And no ...In 1775 how many earlier wars were there? And no regular Army!<br />Mr. Carleton is right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-86386880595094045162012-08-19T22:41:19.175-05:002012-08-19T22:41:19.175-05:00I ran a search for &quot;our young people&quot; at...I ran a search for &quot;our young people&quot; at the Library of Congress&#39;s Washington Papers, and Washington did use that phrase in a letter to James Duane on 7 Sept 1783. But that was a letter about Indian affairs, not veterans&#39; affairs.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-30564776682069822262012-08-19T22:18:40.711-05:002012-08-19T22:18:40.711-05:00British writers in the 19th century such as Dicken...British writers in the 19th century such as Dickens sometimes used the phrase &quot;young people,&quot; but you may be right in the case of America. We have been concerned about our youth throughout our history, however. Will Hickoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01119463723965153883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-70318985054928398912012-08-17T10:50:38.544-05:002012-08-17T10:50:38.544-05:00The use of the phrase &quot;our young people&quot;...The use of the phrase &quot;our young people&quot; really rings false in an eighteenh-century context, or really in any context before the mid-twentieth!Don Carleton (Jr.)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02995856884718068236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-18094566355143204272012-08-16T11:36:53.437-05:002012-08-16T11:36:53.437-05:00Thanks! Washington&#39;s actual farewell to the tr...Thanks! Washington&#39;s <a href="http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/documents/revolution/farewell/index.html" rel="nofollow">actual farewell to the troops</a> in 1783 doesn&#39;t contain those words, of course.<br /><br />I wonder if the careful attribution in the 1999 record to &quot;Author unknown&quot; was a response to looking for that quotation in Washington&#39;s writings and not finding it. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-38442264240448663592012-08-16T08:49:20.687-05:002012-08-16T08:49:20.687-05:00Hmm, here&#39;s an earlier one, but still cites GW...Hmm, here&#39;s an earlier one, but still cites GW:<br /><br />NYT for 21 May 1989, &quot;Legislators Enact a Tax Exemption for Veterans&quot; - <br /><br />&quot;The impact of the new measure will be more symbolic than real, said Timothy S. Carey, Republican-Conservative of Peekskill, who was the chief sponsor of the legislation and the only current Board member who supported the original bill in 1984. The average tax benefit of $250 to $300 dollars &#39;&#39;won&#39;t even make one mortgage payment,&#39;&#39; Mr. Carey said.<br /><br />It is estimated that 10,179 veterans will qualify for the exemption, he said, and the additional yearly cost to the county&#39;s other taxpayers will come to &#39;&#39;about $2&#39;&#39; each.<br /><br />But Mr. Carey, the only Vietnam veteran on the Board, told his fellow legislators they had made an important gesture. Quoting from George Washington&#39;s Farewell to the Troops, Mr. Carey observed, &#39;&#39;The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation.&#39;&#39;<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/21/nyregion/legislators-enact-a-tax-exemption-for-veterans.htmlJBDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11257708021174187675noreply@blogger.com